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Rex Parker Confluence, New York I am the Greatest Crossword Solver in the Universe (when I co-solve with my wife)! (2017 Pairs Division Champions, Lollapuzzoola Crossword Tournament)
Rex Parker Confluence, New York I am the Greatest Crossword Solver in the Universe (when I co-solve with my wife)! (2017 Pairs Division Champions, Lollapuzzoola Crossword Tournament)
Rex Parker Confluence, New York I am the Greatest Crossword Solver in the Universe (when I co-solve with my wife)! (2017 Pairs Division Champions, Lollapuzzoola Crossword Tournament)
Rex Parker Confluence, New York I am the Greatest Crossword Solver in the Universe (when I co-solve with my wife)! (2017 Pairs Division Champions, Lollapuzzoola Crossword Tournament)
Rex Parker Confluence, New York I am the Greatest Crossword Solver in the Universe (when I co-solve with my wife)! (2017 Pairs Division Champions, Lollapuzzoola Crossword Tournament)
This puzzle has an interesting backstory, as today’s constructor made a NYT puzzle seven years ago with the same theme, except the theme answers had two films instead of three. But controversy erupted.
Is the NYTimes xword a regional puzzle designed for a NY centric readership, or is it meant to be universal? Yutzes, schmucks, schlemiels, meshugenas(sp?) are all pretty widely heard in NYC with its large Jewish population.
2nd time in 6 Sundays, during the solve I have asked myself why even open the Sunday NYT crossword. Tortured phrases are not equal to a play on words. This puzzle solver wants engagement that actually teases the brain, not regresses it.
Rex Parker Confluence, New York I am the Greatest Crossword Solver in the Universe (when I co-solve with my wife)! (2017 Pairs Division Champions, Lollapuzzoola Crossword Tournament)
Miss Rex’ relative brevity as well as his sardonic wit. “Relative difficulty: no idea how difficult the theme is, I solved this without looking at the theme entries because the puzzle itself is very easy; hooray for themes where the entries are valid words + phrases in the grid, so you can fill them in from crosses”